State sales tax holiday kicks off Friday

For the fifth year in a row, Missouri is waiving sales taxes on the purchase of items to help students get back to school.

John Hacker

For the fifth year in a row, Missouri is waiving sales taxes on the purchase of items to help students get back to school. This year's sales tax holiday is Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Certain kinds of clothes, school supplies, personal computers and software will be exempt, according to the Missouri Department of Revenue.

The tax being waived is the 4.225-cent state sales tax.

The Department of Revenue said a total of 170 cities, 52 counties and eight other taxing entities opted out of the sales tax holiday. A full list of those cities and counties that have opted out is available at the department's Web site, www.dor.mo.gov.

Carthage Press

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